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Hello,
I just got a DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI DR board off of eBay, and it's having problems posting. The post code LED's won't go past three red LED's lit, which indicates the CPU is detected, but not the RAM. Here's the details of what I have, I've just been benching it on the cardboard box to test it (going to build a system to resell locally or on eBay), it's not in a case:
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI DR
CPU: AMD 64 3500+ Winchester Core (90nm)
Memory: Initally tested with Kingston HyperX PC 3200, 2x 512mb sticks, CL 2-3-2-6, 1t. I also tried Mushkin, 2 x 512mb sticks, PC 3200 CL 2-2-2 (I do believe they use Samsung TCCD chips on it), my own personal memory which is Corsair XMS XL Pro PC 3200 2 x 512mb sticks CL-2-2-2-5 and a single stick of OCZ Platinum 1gb, PC 3200 CL 2-3-2-5.
(Yes, I have a lot of memory...the Mushkin I initally bought for the build, the Kingston I got for a real good deal off of eBay, the Corsair came from my PC, the OCZ my dad's. All had been tested before, or obviously came from working PC's)
With the exception of the OCZ, I tried both a single stick on DIMM slot 1 (top yellow slot) and two sticks in both DIMM 1 & 3 (both yellow) and DIMM 2 & 4 (both orange). The OCZ I only tried one stick, but tried it in DIMM 1, then DIMM 3.
Video card is a little X300 ATI card I bought cheap for testing systems since I build enough to need such, but I tried with both with and without the video card to see if that was the problem, halts on the same LED series, three red.
I have tried the CPU in another older 939 board also, works fine. CPU is a brand new OEM part. I'm going to use a Thermalright XP-90c heatsink when I do build for real, but to test I used an old retail AMD heatsink I had as a spare.
Nothing else other then a generic PS/2 keyboard was connected. And yes, I used a 24 pin PSU. I also cleared the CMOS when I initially put in the CPU and the memory.
Okay, other then asking "any suggestions?", I do have one question: Does this board need a BIOS flash to use the Winchester core CPU's? I have the MSI Neo 4 SLI Platinum and it didn't need it, I thought all NForce 4's could support Winchester's from the start. The guy I bought it from is trying to imply (without actually saying) that I need such. DFI also seems to say that the only thing the board needs a BIOS flash for is rev E CPU's, i.e. Venice core.
Well...any suggestions? Comments?
Thanks in advance for any replies (that aren't flames.
).
I just got a DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI DR board off of eBay, and it's having problems posting. The post code LED's won't go past three red LED's lit, which indicates the CPU is detected, but not the RAM. Here's the details of what I have, I've just been benching it on the cardboard box to test it (going to build a system to resell locally or on eBay), it's not in a case:
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI DR
CPU: AMD 64 3500+ Winchester Core (90nm)
Memory: Initally tested with Kingston HyperX PC 3200, 2x 512mb sticks, CL 2-3-2-6, 1t. I also tried Mushkin, 2 x 512mb sticks, PC 3200 CL 2-2-2 (I do believe they use Samsung TCCD chips on it), my own personal memory which is Corsair XMS XL Pro PC 3200 2 x 512mb sticks CL-2-2-2-5 and a single stick of OCZ Platinum 1gb, PC 3200 CL 2-3-2-5.
(Yes, I have a lot of memory...the Mushkin I initally bought for the build, the Kingston I got for a real good deal off of eBay, the Corsair came from my PC, the OCZ my dad's. All had been tested before, or obviously came from working PC's)
With the exception of the OCZ, I tried both a single stick on DIMM slot 1 (top yellow slot) and two sticks in both DIMM 1 & 3 (both yellow) and DIMM 2 & 4 (both orange). The OCZ I only tried one stick, but tried it in DIMM 1, then DIMM 3.
Video card is a little X300 ATI card I bought cheap for testing systems since I build enough to need such, but I tried with both with and without the video card to see if that was the problem, halts on the same LED series, three red.
I have tried the CPU in another older 939 board also, works fine. CPU is a brand new OEM part. I'm going to use a Thermalright XP-90c heatsink when I do build for real, but to test I used an old retail AMD heatsink I had as a spare.
Nothing else other then a generic PS/2 keyboard was connected. And yes, I used a 24 pin PSU. I also cleared the CMOS when I initially put in the CPU and the memory.
Okay, other then asking "any suggestions?", I do have one question: Does this board need a BIOS flash to use the Winchester core CPU's? I have the MSI Neo 4 SLI Platinum and it didn't need it, I thought all NForce 4's could support Winchester's from the start. The guy I bought it from is trying to imply (without actually saying) that I need such. DFI also seems to say that the only thing the board needs a BIOS flash for is rev E CPU's, i.e. Venice core.
Well...any suggestions? Comments?
Thanks in advance for any replies (that aren't flames.
).